Confection-box



J. B. LANGAN.

GONFEGTION BOX.

Patented May 7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. LANGAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CONFECTION-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,942, dated May 7, 1889.

Application filed J une 18, 1888.

Seal No. 277,476. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. LANGAN, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Confection-Boxes, of which the following is a full and complete specification.

It is important with certain kinds of confections that for preservation the boxes in which they are packed shall be hermetically sealed. To this end boxes of pasteboard consisting of the base portion and cover have, after being packed with the perishable confection, been covered by gummed paper to effect an air-tight joint between the two portions of the box.

In order that the goods may be sampled for the accommodation of a customer in operations between the manufacturer or wholesale dealer and the purchaserl it has heretofore been necessary to make an incision through the protecting-paper to remove the cover, and therebyT gain access to the contents. Thus the contents of the box are exposed to the air, and the benefits resulting from sealing voided. To obviate this I provide a secondary chamber in the box, which contains a sliding` drawer that may contain samples of the confections, and be removed or withdrawn at any time without disturbing` the principal contents of the box.

For a detailed description of my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a confectionbox. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, showing my improvement. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In Fig. l, A represents the base of the box;

A the cover, the dotted line a denoting theii junction; and L is the usual lining-piece. G shows the gummed-paper covering.

The supplementary chamber that I have provided I designate as a whole, B. It, as a basis, consists of extra walls b and b', intersecting each other, and joined, respectively, to the bottom and end of the box. A chamber or channel is thus formed in the box, into which a drawer, D, is slid. For access to this supplementary chamber, and for the introduction and withdrawal of the drawer, an aperture is made in one Wall only of the box, which, when the drawer is entirely within'the box, is closed by a flap, O, constituting a part of the gummed-paper covering.

In Fig. 3 the drawer D is shown partly withdrawn, exposing samples of confection, t', that have been placed there as a specimen or specimens, should it be assorted, of the contents of the box.

I have shown the supplementary boxl introduced transversely to the principal box in this example. This, however, is immaterial, excepting, perhaps, as a matter of economy or convenience in construction.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a box designed as a vehicle for confection and for similar purposes, a supplementary chamber on the interior of the box, a drawer, D, adapted to enter said chamber, an opening in the side of said box, and a flap, C, for closing said opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN B. LANGAN. Vitnesses:

JOSEPH RIDGE, WM. S. HALL. 

